Tanda, Gujrat

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{{Infobox settlement

{{Infobox settlement

| official_name = Tanda Mota

| official_name = Tanda

| native_name = {{Nastaliq |ٹانڈہ موٹا}}

| native_name = {{Nastaliq |ٹانڈا}}

| native_name_lang = ur

| native_name_lang = ur

| settlement_type =

| settlement_type = Town

| image_skyline = Pakistan - Tanda map.png

| image_skyline =

| imagesize = 240px

| imagesize = 240px

| image_alt =

| image_alt =

| subdivision_name = {{Flag|Pakistan}}

| subdivision_name = {{Flag|Pakistan}}

| subdivision_type1 = [[Subdivisions of Pakistan|Province]]

| subdivision_type1 = [[Subdivisions of Pakistan|Province]]

| subdivision_name1 = [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]]

| subdivision_type2 = [[Districts of Punjab, Pakistan|District]]

| subdivision_name2 = [[Gujrat District|Gujrat]]

| population_total =10000

| population_total =10000

| population_as_of =

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'''Tanda''' is a [[town]] in [[Gujrat District]] in the [[Pakistan]]i province of [[Punjab (Pakistan)|Punjab]]. It is a [[Union Councils of Pakistan|Union council]], an administrative subdivision of [[Gujrat Tehsil]].<ref>[http://www.nrb.gov.pk/lg_election/union.asp?district=10&dn=Gujrat Tehsils & Unions in the District of Gujrat - Government of Pakistan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090214003046/http://www.nrb.gov.pk/lg_election/union.asp?district=10&dn=Gujrat |date=2009-02-14 }}</ref>

'''Tanda''' is a [[town]] in [[Gujrat District]] of the [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]] province of [[Pakistan]]. It is a [[Union Councils of Pakistan|Union council]], an administrative subdivision of [[Gujrat Tehsil]].<ref>[http://www.nrb.gov.pk/lg_election/union.asp?district=10&dn=Gujrat Tehsils & Unions in the District of Gujrat - Government of Pakistan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090214003046/http://www.nrb.gov.pk/lg_election/union.asp?district=10&dn=Gujrat |date=2009-02-14 }}</ref>

==History==

==History==

The word ''Tanda'' means "Place of stay" in the [[sanskrit]] language.{{Citation needed|date=October 2010}} Before the [[Partition of Punjab]] in 1947 the town had a large population of Sikhs belonging to the [[Labana clans|Labana Gujjar]] community. Labana Gujjars were brought in by Choudhery of Amrtser to protect them from the gangs of thieves use to come from Village Mota of Near to Tanda and to loot the villagers. After partition they migrated to [[East Punjab]], conversely [ 70%[Gujjar]] tribes from [[Kashmir|Jammu & Kashmir]] migrated into the Tanda area at the same time. Labana Gujjars established a community school in Tanda for the free education of their community, for this cause their tribe decided that no women will wear jewelry and all held should be deposited for the establishment of school. This school with boarding house very quickly established its repo and even before partition considered one of the best schools in the zone.

The word ''Tanda'' means "Place of stay" in the [[sanskrit]] language.{{Citation needed|date=October 2010}} Before the [[Partition of Punjab]] in 1947 the town had a large population of Sikhs belonging to the [[Labana clans]]. Labana were brought in by Choudhery of Amritsar to protect them from the gangs of thieves use to come from Village Mota of Near to Tanda and to loot the villagers, after partition they migrated to [[India]]. 70% Gujjar tribes from [[Jammu and Kashmir]] migrated into the Tanda area at the same time.

Labanas established a community school in Tanda for the free education of their community, for this cause their tribe decided that no women will wear jewelry and all held should be deposited for the establishment of school. This school with boarding house very quickly established its repo and even before partition considered one of the best schools in the zone.

==Geography==

==Geography==

==Demography==

==Demography==

Most people in the town speak Punjabi. [[Urdu language|Urdu]] and [[English language|English]] is also spoken by the educated elite.

Most people in the town speak [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]. [[Urdu language|Urdu]] and [[English language|English]] are also spoken.

==See also==

==See also==